Funny because it's true (and awesome!)

[tcepsa]

[After conversation in which I described making biscuits and adding garlic, using a different type of fat, and sprinkling cheese on top and then not being terribly fond of them but not being able to say what it was about them that I wasn't so keen on. I then described making eggs by mixing together a couple of eggs with rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, and milk and heating the whole thing in the microwave for a couple of minutes. I wasn't particularly sold on them either, but again I couldn't tell which of the ingredients was the problem child, or whether it was because I had microwaved them. After that, while we'd been on the phone, I had grumbled about how cold it was upstairs and proceeded to close the door and hang a polar fleece blanket over the windows. After a bit I observed that it had gotten measurably (as in about 4 tenths of a degree) warmer throughout the conversation, but that I wasn't sure whether it was the blanket or the door or both that were responsible for the change, whereupon we had the following exchange]:

gipsieee: You're just having a bad day with the scientific method, hon.

Me: Why do you say that?

gipsieee: Because you keep changing more than one variable!!

Comments

[belushi81x.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't use fresh garlic... for something like that I'd use granulated...

I suddenly realized that you didn't specify fresh garlic... I just assumed.

I also wouldn't have tried changing the "fat" at the same time I added those other ingredients... your woman is smart. Yes... I agree the scientific method applies to cooking... and yes I sometimes have trouble with that too...

[grum]

*curtsy* Thank you.
Why would you use granulated garlic instead of fresh?

[belushi81x.livejournal.com]

Fresh garlic would possibly still be undercooked when the biscuits were ready... in baking fresh garlic can be weird like that.

[grum]

This may or may not be too grave a problem actually enjoys small bits of raw garlic. That said, thanks, this makes perfect sense.